Google uses its right to remove apps installed from the Android Market
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Google has an application called "Remote Application Removal Feature" that lets the company wipe out apps installed from the Android Market due to security reasons. One of the removed apps was called Root Strap and did nothing but simply print the message "Hello World" on the screen. The other app, as we said, was made to look like a preview to the new Twilight movie, Eclipse.
source: Examiner.com
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24 Comments
2. wildturkey posted on 27 Jun 2010, 03:41 0 0
i'm gonna go out on a limb and say i wouldn't mind anyone who downloaded this app to just, yeah,..... go ahead and cease to exist.
3. hawk62 posted on 27 Jun 2010, 05:15 0 0
what no comment from the peanut gallery that google has total control of your phone, you all crap on apple for having a closed OS while google is SOOOOOO much better for having an open OS.
4. jp3_99 posted on 27 Jun 2010, 06:08 0 0
Wow really, google removes one app that is basically a trojan horse and does nothing but harm, and you automatically think that is even remotely comparable to apple removing thousands of apps that had any kind of "adult" content in them, which in most cases consisted of just pictures of a woman in swimsuits....Really...I mean really!!??
5. easytochris posted on 27 Jun 2010, 07:42 0 0
yeah i'm definitely going with @jp3_99 on this one. google was legitimately protecting their users from a security risk. apple was protecting people from boobs. i don't want to be protected from boobs.
10. BlackberryUser posted on 27 Jun 2010, 11:37 0 0
I don't mind Google having the right to remove a potential threat to my personal information, likewise I would expect the same from Apple. On the other hand, Apple denies apps for unjustified reasons and remove apps for even worst reasons.
23. vinsterdamus posted on 29 Jun 2010, 06:27 0 0
maybe apple/steve doesn't like boobs? maybe they like something else..
7. Flip7 posted on 27 Jun 2010, 10:34 0 0
Is hawk stupid or something I mean the app was a virus so yea full control to Google for protecting my phone duhh
8. theGodpapa posted on 27 Jun 2010, 10:52 0 0
Yes Hawk is stupid. hawkisstupid.com he has his own website.
9. xtroid2k posted on 27 Jun 2010, 11:30 0 0
This is good news. Looks like apple fans think they have a leg to stand on. Just remember apple fans; every app is a virus to apple. Google value's its customers
11. hawk62 posted on 27 Jun 2010, 13:28 0 0
you guys are too much. thanks for the laugh, just remember apple wouldn't let a virus in in the first place.
12. oz505 posted on 27 Jun 2010, 13:40 0 0
Yeah, they'll just sell you a phone with tons of bugs on a bad network
13. pingpong posted on 27 Jun 2010, 14:22 0 0
I love my Nexus One. I love my iPod Touch. I hate stupid fanboys that threadcrap for no legitimate reason.
15. theGodpapa posted on 27 Jun 2010, 16:22 0 0
apple was the first company to be attacked by a mobile virus. sorry hawk....you fail.
16. PhoneUser posted on 27 Jun 2010, 16:58 0 0
LOL i know right apple just tells their money(oops i mean customers) to use the phone holding the right hand so you don't drop a call.....
20. ILOVEIPHONE25 (unregistered) posted on 28 Jun 2010, 06:38 0 0
dude, what the fuck are you saying? do you speak english? I know this isn't english 101, but damn bro
14. cupcake posted on 27 Jun 2010, 14:49 0 0
heh heh... Serves them right for downloading anything Twilight. J/K ;) Kind of....
18. ILOVEIPHONE25 (unregistered) posted on 27 Jun 2010, 19:49 0 0
YOU DESERVE THIS VIRUS IF YOU DOWNLOADED ANYTHING TO DO WITH TWILIGHT AND THE GAY SAGA
19. clevername posted on 28 Jun 2010, 03:03 0 0
Kudos for google in using their power correctly. But this is the downside to an open platform. Hundreds downloaded before it was caught. And this guy wasn't malicious. The next time it could be a lot worse. Googles security proved enough this time but what about the next? One reason y I don't mind a closed method of app delivery(btw Bo this is not an iphone is better post, didn't even mention it).
22. RORYREVOLUTION posted on 28 Jun 2010, 20:50 0 0
That's a risk myself and millions others are willing to take.
24. arash84v posted on 29 Jun 2010, 19:03 0 0
Go GOOGLE GO GOOGLE GO!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'm fine if they're going to sweep my phone from Trojan horses,..Mil ware,..viruses,...as long as my social security No, bank acc passowrds,..email name and passwords are safe,..from Thieve,..I'm fine with that!!!! THANK YOU GOOGLE!!!
